Comb Jelly facts: sticky not stingy | Animal Fact Files

Comb jellies might look a lot like jellyfish, but they aren't! In fact, they completely lack the stinging cells that make jellyfish, well, jellyfish! These animals are classified in their own phylum and there are approximately 150 living species. Comb jellies are named so because of the 'comb rows' along their bodies which are made up of cilia. These hair-like structures move in wave-like patterns and are the comb jelly's means of movement! Comb jellies can even swim backwards and some are active hunters. Comb jellies are found in marine waters throughout the world including polar regions, though they're most abundant in warmer places.
Scientific Name: Phylum Ctenophora
Range: worldwide
Size: a few millimeters to over three feet (91cm)
Diet: copepods, other comb jellies, fish and mollusk larvae
Lifespan: typically perish after breeding
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Mike Nish - • Ctenophore
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[@Col28]

That's pretty cool! I did not know they weren't jellyfish. I also didn't know there were so many different kinds/shapes/sizes.
Thanks for the video!

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Glad you learned something new! Been thinking about you because we have another cephalopod video coming out in the next few weeks. 😉

[@Col28]

@@AnimalFactFiles Excellent! I'm looking forward to it. Thanks!

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

Cilia are so cool! Sneaky comb jellies hopping a ride with ships 😅 Thanks for sharing information on the diversity of species! I'd love to see a video on the fen raft spider 💚

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Glad you enjoyed it! And that's a great suggestion! I'll add it to our list. 😊

[@ShelbyOnSafari]

@@AnimalFactFiles I can only imagine your list of potential videos! Thanks for considering it :)

[@jamestropicals8262]

A comb jelly was the very first animal on earth they roamed the earth for 700 million years! 3 million years older then the dinosaurs

[@Blissful_Gia]

My google search confirms this. That is why I am here lol.

[@eelboy]

at my sailing camp, we get a lot of em. some kids throw them at each other, and I always try to get them to not even pick them up because of how easily they fall apart ;-; especially because theyre not invasive where I live.

[@icarolobo1116]

This a very cool video👏👏👏👏

[@vuldrae1638]

its so weird how just yesterday i was looking for a comb jelly video made by you guys and then you guys made it today 🤣

[@icarolobo1116]

Today this a poisonous creature box jelly on world a like👍

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That's serendipitous! Glad we had one ready for ya! 😊

[@thechanfam5177]

I DID learn something new today :D

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Yay! That's so awesome to hear!

[@MissAtlantique]

thank you, very informative

[@hydraecorp7262]

Such a beauty

[@AnimalFactFiles]

We agree!

[@burntpt9816]

I seen these bois at the beach vibing

[@swapzilla1012]

I pick up like 14 and they felt really weird.

[@simmonewatts693]

Very informative.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Thanks for watching!

[@keatonblackman472]

Even i Know its Not A Jellyfish

[@burntpt9816]

I caught one and released it

[@Ninihalima]

can you make dolphin fun fact

[@icarolobo1116]

Beautiful a bottlenose dolphins? SUBSCRIBE 👌

[@Ninihalima]

@@icarolobo1116 thanks

[@AnimalFactFiles]

That's a great suggestion! We'll add it to our list. Thank you! 😊

[@Ninihalima]

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[@elvintiranbalan5882]

RGB jelly

[@icarolobo1116]

What this name a like rbg jelly? SUBSCRIBE